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3.00 Credits
Principles and laws of classical thermodynamics applied to simple irreversible processes, including chemical, elastic, electric and magnetic phenomena; thermodynamic functions and Maxwell¿s relations; the conservation equations in elementary kinetic theory; fluctuations and irreversible transfer effects. This course may be taken concurrently with PHYS 243 or by permission. Three lecture hours. Prerequisites: PHYS 212 or PHYS 243, MATH 274.
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3.00 Credits
Electromagnetic theory of light, wave solutions, interference, diffraction, scattering, radiation from coherent and incoherent sources, elementary theory of masers and lasers. Three lecture hours. Prerequisite: PHYS 354 or consent of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Electrostatics, magnetostatics and electromagnetic radiation, including Divergence Theorem and Stoke's Theorem, electrostatics in free space and dielectric materials, the Biot-Savart Law, the magnetic vector potential, inductance and electromotance, magnetic materials, Maxwell's equations in free space and in materials, boundary value problems (Snell's and Fresnel's Laws). Prerequisite: PHYS 243, PHYS 307 or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
The Schroedinger equation, states of one particle in one dimension, potential barrier problems in one dimension, the harmonic oscillator, system of particles in one dimension, motion in three dimensions, angular momentum, spin, application to atomic physics. Prerequisites: PHYS 311, PHYS 351 or concurrently.
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3.00 Credits
Distribution functions, microcanonical, canonical and grand canonical ensembles, the partition function and thermodynamics relations. Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein statistics, some simple models and applications, the Maxwell-Botzman transport equation and the hydrodynamic equation, transport coefficients. Three lecture hours. Prerequisite: PHYS
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3.00 Credits
Crystal structure, wave propagation in periodic structures, the Fermi gas, energy bands, magnetism are present as a central theoretical core for the study of the solid state. Some of the basic models, concepts and manifest properties of solids are also included. Prerequisites: PHYS 311, 351, and 354.
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3.00 Credits
A lecture and problem course dealing on an introductory level concerning experimental and theoretical method for the study of nuclear structure. Topics to be covered include: properties of nuclei, electromagnetic transition and beta decay; nuclear models, nuclear reactions and two-body interactions. Prerequisite: PHYS 311, PHYS 307 or consent of instructor; offered in alternate years.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Special topics in the area of physics. Special topics will be determined by current interests of the faculty and the needs of the curriculum. Prerequisite: Special Permit is required
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Special topics in the area of physics. Special topics will be determined by current interests of the faculty and the needs of the curriculum. Prerequisities: a Special Permit is required.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Special topics in the area of physics. Special topics will be determined by current interests of the faculty and the needs of the curriculum. Prerequisities: a Special Permit is required..
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